George Lucas somehow managed to drain all charisma from Samuel L. Jackson in the "Star Wars" prequels. Liam Neeson complained that Lucas wanted wooden performances. Of course Jake Lloyd was going to be robotic in his scenes. He did fine with what he was given and considering who was calling the shots.

I am going to get around to finishing my Star Wars retrospective eventually by re-watching and covering Episode III. Here is Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of that series.